Neckband-shaper.



R. SACRUMONE.

NECKBAND SHAPER.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 11. 1914.

1,144,729. Patented June 29, 1915.

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NECKBAND SHAPER.

APPLICATION FILED MAR.1I.1914.

1,144,729. Patented June 29, 1915.

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NEOKBAND-SHAEER.

Application filed March 11, 1914.

T or whom it may concern: Be it knownthat I, Rocco SAOROMONE, a subject of the King of Italy, residing at Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented a new and use ful Improvement in Neckband Shapers Used in the Art of Shirt-Ironing; and I hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same.

The object of my invention is to provide simple device to shape and hold the collar band of a shirt while the said shirt is in the process of being ironed.

Another object is to provide a device which can be quickly set and released by the operator, within the shirt band, and a further object is to provide a device which can be quickly adjusted to suit the various sizes of shirt bands.

For an understanding of my invention, reference is to be had to the following description and to the accompanying drawings in which Figure 1 is a perspective view of the device. Fig. 2 is a bottom plan view of a part of the device showing the shape of the band. Fig. 3 is a plan view of the device showing how the same is inserted into the collar band of the shirt. Fig. 41 is a section on the line AA of Fig. 3.

Like numerals of reference refer to like parts throughout the specification and drawings.

In the art of shirt ironing, it is found that better results can be obtained by providing means whereby the collar band of the shirt will be held in shape while the rest of the shirt is being ironed. To do this, I provide a band 1, of any flexible material such as brass which may be formed into any desirable shape. In the drawing, for illustration purpose only, I show the band semi-circular in shape, as at 2, while the ends 3 and 4: are bent at 5 and 6, and with a slight curve converging toward each other, but not touching, as shown in the drawings. As it will be seen and understood, the bending at 5 and 6 will be of a suitable curve for the shaping of the collar band at that point, and the ends 3 and 41. have a slight angle and curve downward and inward, increasing toward its extreme ends thus providing such a shape to the neck band that the rest of the shirt directly connected to the band and properly the yoke, as commonly is called, will not wrinkle or distort.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 29, 1915. Serial No. 823,967.

The semi-circular part, 2, is provided about midway and on its under edge, with a slot, 8, and the ends, 3 and 4, are provided with lugs, 9 and 10, said lugs may be fastened on by any suitable means or stamped up as shown in the drawing. These lugs are provided with holes, 11 and 12, through which an adjusting screw 13, passes. I pro vide one end of said screw with a head, 13*, and the otherend with an adjusting nut, 14, as is shown in the drawing. The screw, 13, being in place, the lugs 9 and 10 come between the head, 13 and the nut, 14, so that by turning the nut, 14:, we can adjust the two ends, 3 and 4 toward or away from each other as may be desired by the operator.

On the end, 3, I hinge at 15, a locking plate or keeper, 16. Said plate or keeper, when in its locked position is in front of and in alinement with the ends, 3 and 4c, and is long enough to project across the two ends. The ends, 17, and 18, of the keeper, 16 are bent into a hook form, the end, 17, forming the pivot end, and is hinged on the inner side of the end, 3, of the band. The other end, 18, is to hold the keeper in place when locked, resting on the end, 4, of the band.

At about the points, 9 and 10, and on the inner side of the band, I provide rings, 19 and 20, by riveting, soldering or in any other way, thus providing means for the handling of the band by the operator.

The end, 4, on the outer side is provided with graduation marks, and so placed that they come in alinement with the end, 18, when the keeper is in locked position.

It will be clearly understood that when the keeper is in its loc ed position and the nut, 14, is turned by the operator, it allows the ends, 3 and 1 to be drawn toward or away from each other and thus adjusting the said band, 1, while the hook, 18, slides along the graduation marks, thus indicating means for adjusting to the right amount.

In practice, and as shown in Figs. 3 and 1 of the drawing, the collar band of the shirt is ironed out flat first, and then it is closed up and a collar button will be inserted in the button hole in the front, thus holding the two front ends together ready for the holding and shaping device to be inserted, it being understood that said device h as been properly adjusted to the size required. The operator inserts his thumb and one finger in the rings, 19 and 20 and in order to make the device enter easily into the shirt band, reduces the size of the former by drawing the two ends together, the screw slipping through the holes, ll and 12, afterwhich it is released by the operators fingers, thus allowing the device to spring as much as the shirt band will permit. The semicircular part, 2, forms the front part of the shirt band, and the slot, 8, being provided to allow the button, 26, to passint'o it, thus prevents any slipping of the shirt band from the device. The keeper, 16, is then brought down in lace to its lockin aosition ro-- Copies of this patent may be obtained for suitable point to allow for adjustment, the two ends of said band being bent at such an angle downward and inward and being curved where the said angle starts so that the yoke of the shirt may be properly stretched out while the shirt band is being shaped.

2. In a shirt ironing and shaping device a band or ring of flexible material split at a suitable point to allow for adjustment, which is controlled by an adjusting screw passing through two lugs provided on the ends of the band, said band. provided with downward angles and inwardly curved at points where said angles begin at the ends of the said band; a slot on the bottom edge and in the front portion of the band for the insertionof the collar button; finger rings by which the device is manipulated.

In testimony whereof I afliX my signatlne in presence of two witnesses.

ROCCO SACROMONE.

Witnesses:

NICHOLAS Tns'ri, DoMnNIoo GUGLIE MI.

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